Jun Tazaki

Jun Tazaki
Jun Tazaki
田崎潤
	Jun Tazaki with Michiko Saga in Gero no Kubi (1955)
Born	Minoru Tanaka; 28 August 1913
Died	18 October 1985 (aged 72)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1948–1985
Known for	Kaiju films

Jun Tazaki (田崎潤, Tazaki Jun, 28 August 1913 – 18 October 1985),^[1] born Minoru Tanaka,^[2] was a Japanese actor best known for his various roles in kaiju films produced by Toho, often portraying scientists or military personnel.^[3]

Career

Jun Tazaki in Gate of Hell (地獄門) (1953)

Tanaka began his career as a traveling stage actor in the 1930s, performing under both his birth name and various stage names. In 1950, he changed his name to Jun Tazaki when he appeared in Shintoho's film Sasameyuki. After initially holding only small film roles, Tazaki gradually gained popularity and began playing larger roles in films produced by Toho in the 1960s. Akira Kurosawa frequently cast Tazaki in his films, but Ishirō Honda also considered him a favorite. Toho's science fiction films, particularly those directed by Honda, featured him throughout the 1960s as an authority figure with a moustache. As well as playing stern but benevolent father figures, Tazaki played villains with a ruthless streak. His defining role came in Honda's Atragon, in which he portrayed the embittered World War II veteran Hachiro Jinguji, forced to engage the submarine Gotengo, to combat an invasion by the underwater-dwelling Muans. In the 1970s, Tazaki stopped taking science fiction roles, but he continued to act until 1985, when he died of lung cancer.

Selected filmography

Film

1948: Nikutai no mon
1949: Enoken no kentokyo ichidai ki
1950: Sasameyuki – Yonekichi Itakura, the photographer
1950: Kimi to yuku America kôro
1950: Banana musume
1950: Akatsuki no tsuiseki
1950: Yoru no hibotan – Yoshioka
1950: Mittsu no kekkon
1950: Tokyo File 212
1951: Wakasama samurai torimonochô: noroi no ningyôshi
1951: Kaizoku-sen
1951: Takaharu no eki yo sayônara
1951: Bungawan soro
1951: Kanketsu Sasaki Kojirô: Ganryû-jima kettô – Matabê Takada
1952: Okuni to Gohei – Iori, Okuni's husband
1952: Ukigumo nikki
1952: Rikon – Kensaku – Tazaki
1952: Shimizu no Jirocho den
1952: Geisha warutsu
1952: Jirochô sangokushi: nagurikomi kôjinyama
1953: Chinsetsu Chûshingura
1953: Jirochô sangokushi: Jirochô hatsutabi
1953: Oyabaka hanagassen
1953: Koibito-tachi no iru machi – Michita Kuraishi
1953: Kinsei mei shôbu monogatari: Hana no Kôdôkan – Ryûkichi Kimura
1953: Haresugata: Izu no Satarô
1953: Jirochô sangokushi: Jirochô to Ishimatsu
1953: Daibosatsu Tôge - Dai-san-bu: Ryûjin no maki; Ai no yama no maki – Yonetomo
1953: Jirochô sangokushi: seizoroi Shimizu Minato
1953: Hakucho no kishi
1953: Gate of Hell – Kogenta
1953: Jirochô sangokushi: nagurikomi kôshûji
1954: Jirochô sangokushi: hatsu iwai Shimizu Minato
1954: Koina no Ginpei – Tsumeki no Unokichi
1954: Jirochô sangokushi: kaitô-ichi no abarenbô
1954: Jirochô sangokushi: Kôjinyama zenzen
1954: Konomura Daikichi – Genzaburo
1954: Banchô sara yashiki: Okiku to Harima
1955: Meiji ichidai onna – Minokichi
1955: Mekura neko
1955: Gerô no kubi – Nohei, vassal
1955: Gyakushu orochimaru
1955: Akagi no chi matsuri
1956: Abare andon
1956: Shachô santôhei
1956: Tekketsu no tamashii
1956: Shujinsen
1956: Kage ni ita otoko – Hachigorô
1956: Toyamâ kin-san torimonô-cho-kage ni ita otoko
1956: Gunshin Yamamoto gensui to Rengô kantai
1957: Arashi no naka no otoko – Karate expert
1957: Onna dake no machi
1957: Fûun kyû nari Ôsaka jô: Sanada jûyûshi sô shingun – Yukimura Sanada
1957: Kyôfu no dankon
1957: Kaidan iro zange: Kyôren onna shishô – Nizô
1957: Shukujo yokawa o wataru
1957: Ippon-gatana dohyô iri – Yahachi
1957: Shizukanaru otoko
1957: Yoru no kamome
1958: Ohtori-jo no hanayome – Higaki
1958: Ankoru watto monogatari utsukushiki aishu – Rickshaw
1958: The Loyal 47 Ronin – Ikkaku Shimizu
1958: Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase
1958: Okon no hatsukoi hanayome nanahenge
1958: Nora neko
1958: Onna-za murai tadaima sanjô
1959: Hitohada botan
1959: Kagerô-gasa – Tajima Sakamoto
1959: Onna to kaizoku - Yasu
1959: Kogan no misshi
1959: Moro no Ichimatsu yûrei dochu
1959: Bôfûken – Kawakami
1959: The Three Treasures – Ootomo's Kurohiko
1959: Edo no akutaro – Heisuke
1959: Koi yamabiko
1959: Kêisatsû-kan to bôryôku-dan
1960: The Last Gunfight – Otokichi Kozuka
1960: Hawai Middowei daikaikûsen: Taiheiyô no arashi – Captain
1960: The Demon of Mount Oe^[4]
1960: Aoi yaju – Ogawa
1960: Man Against Man – Boss Tsukamoto
1960: Ôzora no yarôdomo
1960: 'Akasaka no shimai' yori: yoru no hada – Jôji Akui
1961: The Story of Osaka Castle as Teikabo Tsutumi^[5] – Teikabo Tsutsumi
1961: Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Yoru no enma chô
1961: 'Nendo no omen' yori: kaachan
1961: Kaoyaku akatsukini shisu
1961: Kasen chitai – Shigemune
1961: Zoku shachô dochuki: onna oyabun taiketsu no maki
1961: Kurenai no umi
1961: Jigoku no kyôen – Kanzaburo Itami
1961: Witness Killed – Ichiro
1961: Hoero datsugokushu
1962: Gorath - Raizô Sonoda – Tomoko's father
1962: Doburoku no Tatsu – Kakibetsu
1962: Owari Jurocho ikka-Sanshita nicho kenju
1962: Dobunezumi sakusen
1962: Star of Hong Kong – Dr. Matsumoto
1962: Nippon musekinin jidai - Mr. Kuroda
1962: King Kong vs. Godzilla - General Masami Shinzo
1962: Sanbyakurokujugoya
1962: Yama-neko sakusen
1962: Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki – Kiken Murakami
1962: Ankokugai no kiba
1963: Attack Squadron! – Commander
1963: Shinsengumi shimatsuki – Kamo Serizawa
1963: Nippon jitsuwa jidai
1963: High and Low – Kamiya, National shoes publicity director
1963: Sengoku yarô
1963: Chintao yôsai bakugeki meirei
1963: Yojinbô ichiba
1963: Nippon ichi no iro otoko
1963: Hiken
1963: Norainu sakusen
1963: The Lost World of Sinbad – Itaka Tsuzuka of the Imperial Guards
1963: Atragon - Captain Hachiro Jinguji
1964: Zoku shachô shinshiroku
1964: Kyô mo ware ôzora ni ari
1964: Mothra vs. Godzilla – Maruta, Chief editor
1964: Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: Sannin yoreba
1964: Hadaka no jûyaku – Imaizumi, Executive
1964: Chi to daiyamondo – Utsuki
1964: Dogara, the Space Monster – chief inspector^[6]
1964: Ware hitotsubu no mugi naredo
1964: Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kayaku no taru – Dr. Tatsuno
1964: Hana no oedo no musekinin
1964: Kwaidan – Kannai's colleague #1 ("Chawan no naka" segment)
1965: Taiheiyô kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka – Akune
1965: Frankenstein Conquers the World – Military advisor
1965: Hana no o-Edo no hôkaibô – Gensui Matsui
1965: Daiku taiheki
1965: Baka to Hasami
1965: Invasion of Astro-Monster – Dr. Sakurai
1966: Musekinin Shimizu Minato
1966: Izuko e
1966: Bangkok no yoru – Dr. Yamawaki
1966: Kiganjô no bôken – Innkeeper
1966: Jigoku no nora inu
1966: War of the Gargantuas – Army commander
1966: Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster – Red Bamboo commander
1966: Abashiri Bangaichi: Koya no taiketsu
1967: The Killing Bottle – President of Buddabal
1967: Abashiri bangaichi: Kettô reika 30 do – Nagamamushi, a miner
1967: Japan's Longest Day – Captain Yasuna Kozono – CO 302nd Air Group
1967: Otoko no shobu: kantô arashî
1967: Abashiri Bangaichi: Aku eno Chôsen – Gôzô Kadoma
1968: Zoku otoshimae – Kuroda
1968: Destroy All Monsters – Dr. Yoshida
1968: Wakamono yo chôsen seyo
1968: Wasureru monoka
1968: Kûsô tengoku – Boss
1969: Battle of the Japan Sea – Shimaji Hashiguchi
1969: Kiki kaikai ore wa dareda?! – Kumagorô Izawa
1970: Mekurano Oichi inochi moraimasu – Nadaaan
1970: Nippon ichi no yakuza otoko
1970: Botan to ryu
1976: Osharé daisakusen
1977: Hakkodasan
1977: Sanshiro Sugata
1978: Hakatakko junjô – Takeichi, Takeshi's dad
1981: Kaettekita wakadaishô
1981: The Imperial Navy
1983: Shōsetsu Yoshida gakkō – Ono
1985: Ran – Seiji Ayabe (final film role)

Television

1965: Taikōki
1966: Minamoto no Yoshitsune
1966: Ultra Q – Director General Sakamoto
1969: Ten to Chi to – Takeda Nobutora
1973: Kunitori Monogatari
1973: Jumborg Ace
1974: Kamen Rider X – Professor Keitarou Jin (Keisuke's father)
1983: Tokugawa Ieyasu – Shimazu Yoshihiro

Notes

^ 田崎潤 (たざきじゅん) [Jun Tazaki]. nhk.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 August 2024.
^ "田崎潤" [Jun Tazaki]. allcinema.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 August 2024.
^ Nishiwaki, Hideo (1979). "Tazaki Jun". Nihon eiga haiyū zenshū: Haiyū hen (in Japanese). Kinema Junpō. pp. 337–338.
^ "大江山酒天童子". Kadokawa. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
^ Galbraith 2008, p. 177.
^ Galbraith 2008, pp. 212–213.

References

Galbraith, Stuart IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[1] 田崎潤 (たざきじゅん) [Jun Tazaki]. nhk.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 August 2024.

[2] "田崎潤" [Jun Tazaki]. allcinema.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 August 2024.

[3] Nishiwaki, Hideo (1979). "Tazaki Jun". Nihon eiga haiyū zenshū: Haiyū hen (in Japanese). Kinema Junpō. pp. 337–338.

[4] "大江山酒天童子". Kadokawa. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith2008177-5] Galbraith 2008, p. 177.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith2008212–213-6] Galbraith 2008, pp. 212–213.

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